Awards

Arts KC Inspiration Award Winner 2009

Charlotte Street Foundation Exhibiting Artist 2009, 2010

Creative Capital Professional Development Alumnus

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How to calculate bicycle mileage reimbursement rates

Work errands are perfect for bicycle mileage reimbursement. This shot caught with a load of groceries from the Missouri River overlook towards the Broadway Bridge

How to get your boss to pay you a bicycle mileage reimbursement when riding a bicycle on the clock

A few years ago I won a bicycle commuting . . . → Read More: How to calculate bicycle mileage reimbursement rates

How to overcome your employer bicycle commuting objections

Advocacy for when your boss says you can’t ride to work

About four years ago my boss tried to tell me that I couldn’t ride my bike to work. Actually, it’s illegal to tell people what they can do on their off time, but in this case I rode my bike on the clock between . . . → Read More: How to overcome your employer bicycle commuting objections

Urban Alley Kat Rally

Wellness Wordworks, Bike For The Brain, Truman Medical Center, and Missouri Mental Health Foundation presents: Hands Across Missouri: Urban Alley Kat Race for Mental Health Awareness.

Urban cyclists on an evening group ride through downtown Kansas City, MO

Walking or Bicycling scavenger hunt through the streets of Kansas City. Special awards include T-shirts, jerseys, . . . → Read More: Urban Alley Kat Rally

Homelessness marathon press release

Bicycle based outreach on the streets of KC to befriend homeless people and share their stories on all-night radio marathon

National homelessness radio marathon hosted in Kansas City to partner with Corinna West to use bicycle outreach to meet homeless people on the streets of KC. We are interested in sharing their stories in an . . . → Read More: Homelessness marathon press release

Press release for our bicycle ride to Jefferson City

Bicycle Advocates Braving Winter Conditions to Ride to Jefferson City to Speak with their Representatives at the Capitol

Two bicycle advocates from Kansas City are planning to ride to Jefferson City the last weekend in January as part of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation’s Advocacy Day. Brian Gallmeyer and Corinna West will be making . . . → Read More: Press release for our bicycle ride to Jefferson City

My oil spill

I was riding along one day at the Riverfront Heritage Trail underneath I-70 near the sewage treatment plant. A guy I used to know that I’ll call Charlie used to hang out down there, and I’d see him on my way home at 9:00 or 10:00 at night and stop and talk out him. . . . → Read More: My oil spill

The fresh fall Fuji apples and the homeless guys

Saturday I rode my bike to City Market. They have a really exciting program, the SNAP program, where people with food stamps get their cards swiped and then get double the amount of tokens to go buy food.  Some things are cheap at City Market and some things are more expensive, but  it’s worth getting as much . . . → Read More: The fresh fall Fuji apples and the homeless guys

Increasing transit is a social justice issue

Tonight is the annual dinner for the Regional Transit Alliance, RTA. They are a group that advocates for more buses in the metro area. At a city council input session I attended last year, RTA came to point out that when the economy is bad, people rely more on transit yet many governments cut transit. . . . → Read More: Increasing transit is a social justice issue

The Daffodil Story

I gave a lady daffodils when she really needed them. . . . → Read More: The Daffodil Story